On July 22, 2004 04:59 pm, Andy Sy wrote: > > doesn't this say something about the Philippines? > > > > Malaysia: Its open source from now on > > http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/7/16/technology/84 > >61653&sec=technology > > Practically speaking (and more and more, technically as well), I > feel Windows is superior to Linux on more points than the other way > around. The only major factor for which Linux cannot possibly > be overtaken on is price but even then the very real possibility > of Linux having a higher TCO in many scenarios is concern for > business entities who might wish to adopt it.
This is only true if the technician/sys admin is not trained to do Linux and a steep learning curve is in the way. Hopefully, this will change as more and more schools expose their students to Linux. > SCO's threat of a > lawsuit, while generally scoffed at by many, is certainly still > cause for concern for multinational companies who would not want > to expose themselves to undue risk. Have you not heard: http://news.com.com/SCO+flops+in+DaimlerChrysler+Unix+lawsuit/2100-1016_3-5278572.html > > Thus this is why I feel that, with things the way they are, the only > entities with enough influence (read: political power) and resources > to really make a dent in Microsoft's snowballing dominance are > governments. > One thing I notice is that North American companies tend to do MS more than European or Asian businesses. One of the factors would be nationalistic inclinations. The other is labor costs. If it takes you twice the amount of time to do something Linux compared to the same thing on Windows. It may be more cost effective to do Linux is places where labor is cheap. In N. America where labor is expensive, might as well pay MS and get it over with. -- Lyndon Tiu -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
